Derek Wolfe leaves Seahawks-Broncos game in ambulance

Denver Broncos defensive end Derek Wolfe left Saturday night’s game against the Seattle Seahawks in an ambulance after getting injured at the 9:13 mark of the first quarter.

Wolfe appeared to be cut-blocked down by Seattle tight end Luke Willson and fullback Michael Robinson delivered a block to Wolfe’s head and shoulder area that left Wolfe down on the field for several minutes while being attended to by the Broncos’ training staff.

They eventually brought a backboard onto the field and tied Wolfe down before placing him into an ambulance and taking him from the field of play. The Broncos announced that Wolfe was being evaluated for a cervical spine injury but did have movement in all of his extremities.

A player leaving in an ambulance is never something you want to see on a football field. We will update his condition when more information is provided.

Prayers for him from the 12th man. Hope he’s alright, bit this is football stuff happens. Never intentional. Mike rob is ty the best FB in football he loves contact and will always find it. Maybe the rook Willson wasn’t supposed to be their.

Btw seahawks are ball hawks should have forced 3 fumbles of not for blown ref calls , if not for an illegal block by Denver they would hav the never scored on that Welker pass, the seahawks man in that zone was blocked straight off the line just like the hawks drive before when Baldwin got an illegal block.

Seahawks are for real. Win games in special teams battle. Offensively and defensively that’s why they amongst 3 others are SB contenders. Good luck Denver great team.

Denver fans talking about a dirty cut block. We use zone blocking just like the system that brought you championships. Mike Rob blocks hard on every play and is a pretty clsssy guy. It sucks that one of your young talanted players got hurt but this is football.

Wilson and McGrath should thank the ref for running the pick play on Denvers DB. I would be really concerned if I were a Denver fan. Their D and special teams do not look good right now, but it’s only preseason.

Wasn’t dirty at all. Every single fullback in the league is going to do the exact same thing on that play, it’s their job. He didn’t do it with the intention of hurting the guy, he did it to blast open a hole for his ball carrier. All you people claiming it was dirty obviously don’t know the job of a fullback.

Pathetic. Willson cut blocked Wolfe, but it wasn’t like he was totally out of the play. Why would the lead blocker (Robinson) waste a block on Wolfe just to be cheap? Robinson is the first guy through the hole and blocks the first threat. Wolfe was being agile and trying to get his feet under him and make a play when Mike Rob blasted him.

Glad Wolfe is going to be ok. Funny all the comments (emotional reactions to seeing an ambulance) regarding what a dirty play it was given Denver’s history. Did any of you watch any football over the last decade? Shanahan’s teams were notorious for injuring players with cut blocks. Football is a tough sport. Injuries are unfortunate but happen often to every team.

Just so everyone is clear, the 12th Man is a Texas A&M Aggie tradition shamelessly stolen by the Seahawks. I hope the (fake) 12th Man behaved with more class than they did when their new darling, Percy Harvin, suffered a season ending injury last year on their turf.

Hope Wolfe recovers well. Hate seeing players injured, regardless of team or division. It is more excited to see the best players playing at their highest level, than to see them on the sidelines in sweats.

Glad he’s okay. But it’s wrong to call it a cheap shot. He was chopped by a block. And recovered to almost make a tackle on his hands and knees, but was blocked again. It’s football not two hand touch.

It’s called a chop block. He was engage low with a blocker when another engaged him above the waist. It’s also called a helmet-to-helmet hit on a defenseless player. It’s also called using some GD common sense and not putting a guy in a wheelchair for the rest of his life over a preseason game.

Please watch video over and over. This is football folks, it is unfortunate and I pray for Wolfe’s speedy recovery. Anybody that states that Wilson’s block was at the knees have not watched, and anybody that states Robinson was dirty has not watched. Turbin was not through the hole yet and Wolfe was popping up to try and make a play. Robinson was level an trying to cover Wolfe up before he could pop and it was just bad timing. Fines would be a shame.

There is a rule against it. The reason there is a rule is to prevent injuries like this. There likely will be fines in order to reinforce this fact because the next time it happens, the player may never walk again. If Wolfe was such a threat to the play, Robinson should have let him regain at least his knees (and preferably his feet) and blocked him like a man.